Trevi Fountain

This beautiful Baroque fountain was completed in 1762 by Nicola Salvi. Apparently it is much better at night than during the day but we never got to see it at night because of the stormy weather (namely the rain!)

Catholics, Vespa's and a whole lot of Ruins

March 11th 2008
Ciao Ciao Well here we find ourselves in the centre of the ancient world - Roma! To be honest, while we were looking forward to seeing the sights and ticking the big box that is Rome, we were expecting to not enjoy Rome. We were expecting pickpockets galore, bad food, crazy Italians, everything so expensive we can’t eat, 2 hour waits for all the sights and a typical “big city” feel. Upon la ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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